I think there's a theory somewhere that the zeitgeist changes every so often, and while the nature of the change is not predictable, the occurrence of change is. So I see the last 80 or so years, since WWII and the bomb as the atomic/hydrogen age, now we are in a new zeitgeist, characterized by anger, misanthropy, selfishness, meanness. …
I think there's a theory somewhere that the zeitgeist changes every so often, and while the nature of the change is not predictable, the occurrence of change is. So I see the last 80 or so years, since WWII and the bomb as the atomic/hydrogen age, now we are in a new zeitgeist, characterized by anger, misanthropy, selfishness, meanness. Somehow the UK and France have held off the full-fledged entry into this ugly new age, of which T is the avatar, but we haven't. But I haven't given up hope that we, who know T & Co for what they are, can influence the new zeitgeist.
That's a very cogent theory. Change is constant in the world, and people want fresh faces and approaches every so often. Rational thinking all too often yields to impulse. Connecting those dots helps in part to explain how we went from There to Here. Thanks for sharing.
I think there's a theory somewhere that the zeitgeist changes every so often, and while the nature of the change is not predictable, the occurrence of change is. So I see the last 80 or so years, since WWII and the bomb as the atomic/hydrogen age, now we are in a new zeitgeist, characterized by anger, misanthropy, selfishness, meanness. Somehow the UK and France have held off the full-fledged entry into this ugly new age, of which T is the avatar, but we haven't. But I haven't given up hope that we, who know T & Co for what they are, can influence the new zeitgeist.
That's a very cogent theory. Change is constant in the world, and people want fresh faces and approaches every so often. Rational thinking all too often yields to impulse. Connecting those dots helps in part to explain how we went from There to Here. Thanks for sharing.
FYI, this theory has been advanced. See "What Does Our Current Fourth Turning Hold For Us?" (https://youtu.be/uAxBjl7VYOM?si=uYOZzb1yPC2ZsmQU).